Tobacco pouch and the like



J1me 1934- E. G. CLEMENTS El AL TOBACCO POUCH AND THE LIKE Filed April20, 1951 IIIII 1 Ever db 0. fllenrenl Patented June 19, 1934 UNITEDSTATES 1,963,828 TOBACCO POUCH AND THE LIKE Everett-G. Clements and SaulE. Specter, Washington, D. 0.

Application April 20, 1931, Serial No. 531,542

3 Claims. (01. 206-41) Our invention relates to improvements in tobaccopouches or other containers, and more particularly to tobacco tampingmeans forming a substantially rigid extension of an interior wall 7 ofsuch pouches or containers, and has for its object to facilitate thepacking of tobacco within the bowl of a pipe inserted into the punch orcon-' tainer for filling.

A further feature of the invention consists in 1 immovable means shapedto pass within the bowl of a pipe when the pipe is inserted into a pouchor other container and moved through the tobacco therein towards one endthereof.

A still further object consists in the provision of a substantiallyrigid tamping device for pouches or other containers, the device beingprovided with means for detachably securing the same within a wall ofthe pouch or container wherever found desirable.

Another purpose is the provision of such a device having no movingelements and constructed from simple and inexpensive parts.

The above and other objects will be apparent from the detaileddescription hereinafter set out, ";and from the drawing appended heretoand made a part hereof, and in which Fig. 1 is a perspective viewshowing the invention applied to a tobacco pouch and illustrating themanner of its use as an aid in tamping tobacco within the bowl of apipe, when filling the same in usual fashion;

Fig. 2 is a view showing one manner of securing our novel attachment toa pouch when made as a separate article of manufacture; the pouch beingshown broken away and the attachment shown partly in section;

Fig. 3 is a view partly in section taken on line 33 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a side elevation showing a slightly 4o modified form ofsecuring the tamping device to the pouch;

Fig. 5 is a view taken on line 55 of Fig. 4.

Heretofore, it has been customary when filling a pipe to insert the bowlthereof into the mass of :tobacco within a pouch and to tamp the tobaccowithin the bowl by inserting a finger therewithin, either during thefilling operation or subsequent thereto. This procedure has been foundto be highly unsatisfactory due to the fact that the finger not onlybecomes stained by the tobacco, but also is made dirty by the black ashwhich lines the inner surface of the pipe bowl. With the presentinvention, however, the above objectionable steps are renderedunnecessary in a simple, .eflicient manner. The device is constructed soas to extend from a wall within the pouch to cooperate with the bowl ofthe pipe whenfilling thesame with tobacco in the usual fashion, withoutrequiring withdrawal of the pipe from the pouch andt without recourse tothe operation of movable par s.

By reference to the drawing and particularly Figs. 1, 2 and 3 thereof,it will be noted that the character C indicates a conventionaltobaccopouch which is shown as held in one hand of the. smoker, theother hand grasping the stem of the pipe P, forcing the bowl B thereof,after filling the same with the tobacco T, over our novel tampingattachment generally designated as A.

The tamping device A comprises a body member 10, preferably circular incross-section, having tapered heads 11 and 12, the latter head beingextended in the form of a stem 13. To rigidly support the tamping deviceA, the stem 13 is secured to or made in part with an anchor plate whichis preferably shaped to provide opposed surfaces 14 and 15 to engage andembrace the edges 16 and 1'? of the seam generally located at one end ofthe pouch. It will be seen that the anchor plate, formed as described,functions to reenforce the seam at the end of the pouch by compressingthe edges of the seam at 18, and by reversely curving the vertical edgesofthe plate, as indicated at 19 and 20, the device is securely nestedwithin the folds 21 and 21a of the pouch at each side of the seam.

To render the device readily attachable to pouches of standardconstruction and design, the body member may be internally threaded at22 to receive a suitable securing means, such as indicated at 23. Thesecuring means is illustrated as having an elongated flattened head 24adapted to be partially concealed within the seam of the pouch when itsthreaded stud 25 is threaded into the body member 10 to compress thematerial of the pouch therebetween.

While various means may be provided for permanently or detachablysecuring the body member in a desired position within a pouch or othertobacco container, we have illustrated but two forms herein. The formshown in Figs. 3 and 4 differs from that already described by theprovision of integral prongs 30 and 30a struck from the anchor platewhich are adapted to be passed through the material of the container andclinched to securely and rigidly support the device in operativeposition within the container. When the prongs are thus clinched thepointed ends 32 and 33 are reversely bent as at 34 and 35 and forcedinto the seam of the dicated at 36.

The tamping device may be made in any wellknown or approved manner, suchas by molding or casting from metal, hard rubber or other plasticcompositions, or by stamping from sheet materials, it being onlyimportant that the dimensions of the body be of such size as to readilypass within the bowl of the pipe and, when so formed, will not cause anybulging of the pouch.

From the above description it will be apparent that we have constructeda device of few parts which are simple to manufacture and Well adaptedfor the purpose specified. It will be appreciated that the device may besold. independently of the pouch and may be readily attached to pouchesor containers now in use.

Various modifications other than those specifically shown and abovedescribed will be apparent to personsskilled in the art, and it is ourintention to cover all such modifications and to be limited in thisrespect only as may be necessary by the scope of the claims heretoappended.

We claim:

1. In a tobacco receptacle having an elongated filling and outletopening'extending between the end walls thereof, a rigidly bracedtobacco tamping element having a head shaped for cooperation with thebowl of a pipe, and means detachably securing the element to one of theend walls to extend into the pouch substantially adjacent and parallelto the plane of the opening, whereby a pouch, as Inpipe can be filledand tamped by scooping the same through the exposed surface of thetobacco.

2. In a flexible tobacco pouch open along one longitudinal side thereofand having inturned seams at its ends, a tobacco tamping elementprovided with a head shaped for cooperation with the bowl of a pipe, andmeans associated with the head having portions embracing a seam torigidly support, brace and secure the element substantially adjacent toand parallel with the open side of the pouch, whereby a pipe can befilled and tamped by scooping the same through the exposed surface ofthe tobacco.

3. A tobacco container including a flexible Wall portion therefor andhaving an accessible opening to the tobacco contents, a tamping devicewithin the container and having a point of attachment with the flexiblewall portion and extending substantially parallel to the opening, thesize, shape and relationship between the opening and tamping devicebeing such as to permit the insertion of a pipe bowl through the openinginto the tobacco contents and thereafter permitting a sweep of the bowlthrough the tobacco toward and over the tamping device, there being arigid bracing means at the aforesaid point of attachment for engagingsuch portion of said flexible wall as will hold the tamping device inpro-per tamping position.

EVERETT G. CLEMENTS. SAUL E. SPECTOR.

